From the 28th of September to the 6th
of December, I was involved in the MUN club. The club was every Friday for one hour. In
every club lesson, I was debating with the rest of the students in the club,
the implications of the Syrian war. Furthermore,
we were debating and asking whether other countries such as USA, Russia, UK,
Israel and Lebanon should get involved in the Syrian war. During the MUN club,
I learned the strategies in which politicians and leaders around the world,
convey a message through a specific use of terminology. In addition, I learned
how to write a position paper and a resolution to be able to convey a certain
audience, and for the audience to be aware of my message. I and another student
in the MUN club wrote a position paper in favor of Russia. We researched on the
internet, and collected all the relevant information that is connected to the
Syrian war involvement of the Russian government. The one obstacle, which I had
faced during the MUN club, is the lack of verbal debating, rather than the
written debating of planning, researching and typing on the computer. I got
bored and distracted of just typing on the computer because; I have better
verbal skills than written skills. I
think I will have stayed for a longer time in the MUN club if it was mainly
concentrated on the verbal aspects of how leaders and politicians deliver a
spoken speech to the public. All in all, during my participation in the MUN
club I had managed to develop a new skill of writing a position paper and a
resolution paper. In addition, being part in the MUN club helped me to consider
the ethical implications of my actions, by the use of my opinion. At last, I learned how to work in a group,
when I wrote, the position paper together with another student.
The sample papers I got during the MUN club:
Position Paper (the position paper I wrote with another student)
Delegation: Russia
Commission: Disarmament
The
Question of Chemical Weapons Trades:
Russia
sees that it is necessary to create an agreement with the United States that
the Syrian government surrenders all chemical weapons.However, Russia believes
that the Assad regime is a mean of stability to the country and only agrees to
stop the trade of chemical weapons, if no force is used against Syria. As
defined in UN General Assembly, Syria shall submit their chemical weapons by
middle of next year, established by the United States and Russia, under a
contract, which:
a.
States
the full list of the chemical weapons held by Syria, and
b.
Informs
that all chemical sites must be emptied before the end of November; and
c.
Establishes
a guarantee of elimination of chemical weapons.
Russia
sustains an economic and diplomatic relationship with Syria since 1971,
providing access to naval facilities, arm sales, military and intelligence
cooperation. Russia hopes that the Syrian government will continue to deflect
international pressure. Russia opposes critical resolution of the Syrian
government and does not intend to involve the Russian military in the conflict.
However, Russia believes the crisis in Syria should end by
a peace conference between the United States and the Bashar-al-Assad
government.
